Ghana Water Ltd has been ordered to pay Spanish firm Cox a sum of US$235 million in connection with the idle Teshie desalination plant.
The ruling adds to the financial burden on the state-owned water utility and raises questions about the management of the controversial project.
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Calling @sarkodie the most versatile rapper in the world sounds provocative until you actually audit his catalogue against global hip-hop metrics.
Versatility isn’t just changing beats; it’s rhythmic adaptation, genre hybridization, and longevity.
My breakdown 👇
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The Purist Trap:
Most technical fast flow or battle-tested emcees fail the moment they step onto commercial production. Their cadences sound rigid, foreign, and over-calculated.
Sarkodie did the opposite. He came up in the cutthroat Kasahare battle circuit and weaponized that exact technicality across global radio records.
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The Rhythm Problem:
Western hip-hop relies primarily on linear 4/4 swing (boom-bap or trap).
African popular music is deeply syncopated, shifting between Highlife, Hiplife, Azonto, Amapiano, Drill, and Afrobeats.
Rapping on syncopation requires an entirely different internal metronome. Sarkodie rides all of them without sacrificing cadence.
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The Mary Paradigm Shift:
In 2015, at the absolute peak of electronic Afrobeats club dominance, he released Mary, an album recorded entirely with live instrumentation, built on traditional Highlife foundations.
How many mainstream hip-hop titans have pivoted their core sound to acoustic live-band heritage without losing their base?
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Bilingual Percussion:
Language isn't just lyrical; it's instrumental.
By alternating between Twi and English, he uses Akan tonal inflections as percussive accents over the drums. It allows for rhythmic pockets that standard English-only rappers mechanically cannot access.
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The Counter-Debate:
Does he sing like Drake? No. Does he pivot to ambient jazz/funk like André 3000 or Kendrick? No.
His versatility isn’t vocal acrobatics, it’s flow elasticity.
Whether it’s chopping with E-40, trading bars with Vic Mensa, or crafting anthems with Castro, R2Bees and King Promise, he never sounds out of his depth.
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Over 17 years at the summit, commanding both the street cipher and the arena festival stage across four distinct sonic eras.
If versatility means mastering every pocket across both Western and African time signatures, who legitimately has a stronger resume? No one but Sarkodie.
“Make sure you know what you want, and pray that you recognize it when you see it.”
Late Olu Jacobs, MFR, a true legend of Nigerian cinema, leaves the youth with timeless words worth listening to. 🇳🇬🎬
@badberry47 You welcome, personally went to UENR and in the mining now as GT. All my co-workers (GTs) are either UMAT or UENR few KNUST and Leg. The Industry is changing
A 43-year-old Nigerian businessman and influencer based in the UK, Dennis Ubiribo, also known as Tiny or Ego has died after a botched penis enlargement procedure in Thailand
According to official records presented to the Inner West London Coroners’ Court, the deceased had 40ml of hyaluronic acid and lidocaine injected into his penis at an unnamed clinic in Thailand earlier this year.
However, just a few days after the procedure, he collapsed during a day out and was rushed to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with pulmonary embolism. An autopsy conducted after his body was repatriated to the UK reportedly found cellular material in his lungs matching the hyaluronic acid used during the procedure.
[📸: TMZ]
Female students of Afia Kobi Apem Senior High School have tested a newly developed firefighting drone designed and built by the school’s STEM department as part of efforts to demonstrate its ability to assist in firefighting operations.
[🎥: Ama Papabi]